Empirical implementation of nonparametric first-price auction models

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-28

  Henderson, Daniel J ^a,b   List, John A ^c,d   Millimet, Daniel L ^b,e   Parmeter, Christopher F ^f   Price, Michael K ^d,g  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic bandwidth selection; Bandwidth; Constraint weighted bootstrap; Equilibrium bidding strategy; Optimal reserve price

Indexed keywords

AUCTION MODEL; BANDWIDTH SELECTIONS; BIDDING STRATEGY; CONSTRAINT WEIGHTED BOOTSTRAP; EXPERIMENTAL AUCTIONS; FINITE SAMPLE PERFORMANCE; KEY FEATURE; MONOTONICITY; NON-PARAMETRIC; NON-PARAMETRIC ESTIMATIONS; NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATORS; RESERVE PRICE; SALIENT FEATURES; SIMULATED DATA;

BANDWIDTH; COSTS; SAMPLING;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84858150009     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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